SOAS Research Online

Chan, Stephen (2023) 'My decoloniality is not your decoloniality: the new multiverse – an opinion piece.' Social Dynamics, 49 (2). pp. 369-375.

Chan, Stephen (2022) The Lived International: A Life in International Relations. Lanham, Maryland: Rowman and Littlefield. (Creative Interventions in Global Politics)

Chan, Stephen (2021) African Political Thought: An Intellectual History of the Quest for Freedom. London: Hurst and Co..

Chan, Stephen (2019) 'Free and Fair? : Observation of Selected African Elections.' Journal of African Elections, 18 (1). pp. 1-22.

Chan, Stephen (2018) 'The Problematic Non-Western Cosmopolitanism in Africa Today: Grappling With a Modernity outside History.' Human Affairs: Postdisciplinary Humanities and Social Sciences Quarterly, 28 (4). pp. 351-366.

Chan, Stephen (2018) 'No More “Local” Insurrection or Terrorism: The Dark Side of the Cobweb.' Global Society, 32 (2). pp. 149-161.

Chan, Stephen and Gallagher, Julia (2017) Why Mugabe Won: The 2013 elections in Zimbabwe and their aftermath. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.

Chan, Stephen (2017) Plural International Relations in a Divided World. Cambridge: Polity Press.

Chan, Stephen (2017) Meditations on diplomacy : comparative cases in diplomatic practice and foreign policy. Bristol: E-International Relations.

Chan, Stephen (2015) 'Kiwi-Asian poetry [Interview].' Jacket 2 .

Chan, Stephen (2015) 'Decline and decay: a sobering trip through southern Africa.' The Conversation.

Chan, Stephen (2015) 'Chenjerai Hove [Obituary].' The Guardian .

Chan, Stephen (2015) 'South Sudan’s spiritual father would weep at the state of his country.' The Conversation.

Chan, Stephen (2015) 'The Life of Chan Wong Wah Yue: Swordswoman, Militia Member and Grandmother [Interview].' Kung Fu Tea.

Chan, Stephen (2015) 'African democracy looks very different when viewed from Palestine.' The Conversation.

Chan, Stephen (2015) 'China is Neither a Civilizational State nor a Meritocracy.' International Policy Digest.

Chan, Stephen (2015) 'A new government in Nigeria – but is it a model for other African nations?' The Conversation.

Chan, Stephen (2015) 'The Armour of Hector: From the Mediation of Violence to its Masquerade.' In: Sylvester, Christine, (ed.), Masquerades of War. Abingdon; New York: Routledge, pp. 13-20. (War, Politics and Experience)

Chan, Stephen (2015) 'Europe must stop shifting the blame for the migrant crisis.' The Conversation.

Chan, Stephen (2015) 'Buhari wins as Nigeria turns its back on Jonathan.' The Conversation.

Chan, Stephen (2015) 'Nigerians defy violence and bad technology in chaotic election.' The Conversation.

Chan, Stephen (2015) 'Review of ‘The Looting Machine’, by Tom Burgis.' Financial Times, 7-8 March 2015 .

Chan, Stephen (2015) 'Africa: Still the Dark Continent Beyond the Pale.' The Africa Report, 66 (Dec-Jan).

Chan, Stephen (2015) 'Nigeria’s election delay shows depths to which Goodluck Jonathan will sink.' The Conversation.

Chan, Stephen (2015) 'A Ceremonial Ride into the Sunset for Mugabe?' E-International Relations.

Chan, Stephen (2015) 'After a stormy election, dark clouds still loom over Zambia.' The Conversation.

Chan, Stephen (2015) 'Exploding enclosures in Africa and Europe (on Charlie Hebdo and Boko Haram).' African Arguments.

Chan, Stephen (2015) 'Kissinger and the Westphalian State: Still Faithful After All These Years.' Millennium: Journal of International Studies, 44 (1). pp. 147-154.

Chan, Stephen (2014) 'Political carnage in Zimbabwe as Grace Mugabe enters the fray.' The Conversation.

Chan, Stephen (2014) 'Zambia and Zimbabwe: Two Histories of Two Very Different Sorts.' The Round Table: The Commonwealth Journal of International Affairs, 103 (6). pp. 616-619.

Chan, Stephen (2014) 'Songs of love, songs of hate and songs of Ebola.' The Conversation.

Chan, Stephen (2014) 'Can there be mercy without the merciful? A meditation on Martha Nussbaum’s questions.' Third World Quarterly, 35 (9).

Chan, Stephen (2014) 'Guy Scott’s whiteness is not the issue in Zambia.' The Conversation.

Chan, Stephen (2014) 'Michael Sata [Obituary].' The Guardian .

Chan, Stephen (2014) 'Decades of corrupt government have left states prey to Ebola.' The Conversation.

Chan, Stephen (2014) 'Zimbabwe Opposition Poses Little Threat to Mugabe [Interview].' World Politics Review [Online].

Chan, Stephen (2014) 'In a world of youthful leaders, Africa’s ageing premiers cling on.' The Conversation.

Chan, Stephen (2014) 'African and Chinese Relations: A Future View.' The Orient: the official newsletter of Chinese for Labour, 14 (September).

Chan, Stephen (2014) 'Just another BRIC in the wall for Obama at US-Africa summit?' The Conversation.

Chan, Stephen (2014) 'Review of: Isaac and Isaiah: The Covert Punishment of a Cold War Heretic.' Focus: The Journal of the Helen Suzman Foundation, 73 . pp. 62-63.

Chan, Stephen (2014) 'The Hamas government in Gaza has always been a tragic mess.' The Conversation.

Chan, Stephen (2014) 'African football will only improve once African nations do.' The Conversation.

Chan, Stephen (2014) 'Israel’s stated aims in Gaza make no sense – and cannot secure a just future.' The Conversation.

Chan, Stephen (2014) 'A South African victory without a silver bullet.' The Africa Report, 2014 (June).

Chan, Stephen (2014) 'Beatings, embarrassments and bad luck bedevil African leaders.' The Conversation.

Chan, Stephen (2014) 'Leaving History Behind in South Africa.' The New York Times.

Chan, Stephen (2014) 'South Africa: Modelling the future ANC.' The Africa Report .

Chan, Stephen (2014) 'Longevity and bling in the court of King Mugabe.' The Conversation.

Chan, Stephen (2014) 'While Mugabe cleans house, Zuma repeats old mistakes.' The Conversation.

Chan, Stephen (2014) 'Stepping stones, quagmires and capacity.' The Africa Report, 2014 (April).

Chan, Stephen (2014) 'Foreword.' In: Fictional International Relations: Gender, Pain and Truth by Sunju Park-Kang. Abingdon; New York: Routledge.

Chan, Stephen (2014) 'Untruthful Mandarins and Mandarins of Truth.' Focus: The Journal of the Helen Suzman Foundation, 72 (April). pp. 56-63.

Chan, Stephen (2014) 'African Union Falls Behind the Times as Regional Conflicts Rage.' The Conversation.

Chan, Stephen (2014) 'ANC’s landslide victory won’t shield it from forces of change.' The Conversation.

Chan, Stephen (2014) 'The Limits of Guilt and Correctness: The Postcolonial Metropole and Postcolonial Literature.' European Review of International Studies, 1 (3). pp. 123-131.

Chan, Stephen (2014) 'Trauma and Dislocation in the Postsecular World: Religious Fervor and the Problem of Methodology.' In: Mavelli, Luca and Petito, Fabio, (eds.), Towards a Postsecular International Politics: New Forms of Community, Identity, and Power. Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan, pp. 49-64. (Culture and Religion in International Relations)

Chan, Stephen (2014) 'Trauma and Dislocation in the Postsecular World: Religious Fervour and the Problem of Methodology.' In: Mavelli, Luca and Petito, Fabio, (eds.), Towards a Postsecular International Politics: New Forms of Community, Identity and Power. New York: Palgrave Macmillan, pp. 49-64.

Chan, Stephen (2011) 'The Oriental Martial Arts as Hybrid Totems, together with Orientalised Avatars.' In: Farrer, D. S. and Whalen-Bridge, John, (eds.), Martial Arts as Embodied Knowledge: Asian Traditions in a Transnational World. Albany: State University of New York.

Chan, Stephen and Moore, Cerwyn, eds. (2009) Approaches to International Relations. Four-Volume set. London: Sage. (SAGE Library of International Relations)

Chan, Stephen (2009) The End of Certainty : towards a new internationalism. London; New York: Zed Books.

Chan, Stephen (2009) The End of Certainty: Towards a New Internationalism. London: Zed Books.

Chan, Stephen (2008) 'A New Game for Zimbabwe’, in with summary, ‘A Slow Fade in Zimbabwe’.' Prospect.

Chan, Stephen (2008) 'Levy Mwanawasa (obituary).' Guardian, 20 August.

Chan, Stephen (2008) 'Zimbabwe’s unholy alliance.' New Statesman, 20 Aug.

Chan, Stephen (2008) 'What is this thing called the decline of the west?' E-International Relations, 18 Aug.

Chan, Stephen (2008) 'The Tragedy of Tsvangirai.' Prospect, 149.

Chan, Stephen (2008) 'Dispatches from Zimbabwe.' Prospect, 148.

Chan, Stephen and Cao, Qing (2008) 'After the Civilisation Orders: International Cultural Relations in the Third World Perspective.' World Economics and Politics = 世界經濟与政治, 7.

Chan, Stephen (2008) 'After the Order to Civilization: Weightless International Relations and the Burden of Unreduced Responsibility.' Interventions, 10 (2). pp. 236-248.

Chan, Stephen (2008) 'A Little Assassination Down South.' Nth Position Online Magazine, July.

Chan, Stephen (2008) 'A Little Scene in Zagreb (novella).' Nth Position Online Magazine, June.

Chan, Stephen (2008) 'Challenging lessons (comment for 1968: liberty or its illusion? 4).' Prospect, 146.

Chan, Stephen (2008) 'The big steal in Zimbabwe.' Nth Position Online Magazine, May.

Chan, Stephen (2008) 'Mugabe’s last stand.' New Zealand Listener, 213 (3546).

Chan, Stephen (2008) 'Encountering the Philosophy of Hans-Georg Gadamer.' Contemporary Review, 290.

Chan, Stephen (2008) 'Exit Mugabe.' Prospect, 145.

Chan, Stephen (2008) 'Mbeki’s failure over Zimbabwe.' New Statesman, 23 Apr.

Chan, Stephen (2008) 'Review of Ian Taylor, 'China and Africa: Engagement and Compromise'.' African Affairs, 107 (427). pp. 284-285.

Chan, Stephen (2008) 'Zimbabwe’s tense countdown.' New Statesman, 02 Apr.

Chan, Stephen (2008) 'Darfur and the Olympics.' New Statesman, 18 Feb.

Chan, Stephen (2008) 'Taking on the Lion King.' New Statesman (11 Feb).

Chan, Stephen (2008) 'Contribution to 'The Cultural Year 2007'.' Prospect, January 2008.

Chan, Stephen (2008) 'Profile: Robert Mugabe – President of Zimbabwe.' The Africa Report (9).

Chan, Stephen (2008) 'Throwdown in Polokwane.' Prospect, 142.

Chan, Stephen (2008) 'African Soldiers: seven types of ethical emotion.' New Zealand International Review, 33 (4).

Chan, Stephen (2008) 'Croatia has moved on from its fascist past.' The Guardian, 18 September 2008.

Chan, Stephen, Arnswald, Ulrich and Bauer, Peter, eds. (2008) Hermeneutics and Politics: The Philosophy of Hans-Georg Gadamer in International Relations. Karlsruhe: karlsruhe University Press.

Chan, Stephen (2008) 'Naiveties and Africa: The case of Sudan.' In: Moorcraft, Paul, (ed.), Symposium on Chinese-Sudanese Relations. London: Centre for Foreign Policy Analysis.

Chan, Stephen (2008) 'The Prodigal Returns: A Sino-European Africanist Contemplates New Zealand (memoir).' University of Auckland.

Chan, Stephen (2008) 'Review of Vivienne Jabri, 'War and the transformation of global politics'.' International Affairs, 84 (5). p. 1052.

Chan, Stephen (2008) 'Ten Caveats and One Sunrise in Our Contemplation of China and Africa.' In: Alden, Chris, Large, Daniel and Oliveira, Ricardo Soares de, (eds.), China Returns to Africa: A Rising Power and Continent Embrace. London: Hurst.

Chan, Stephen (2008) 'The Travelling Travails of Gordon Brown.' First Drafts - The Prospect magazine blog (Foreign Affairs category).

Chan, Stephen (2007) 'The South African Storm Season and Zimbabwe.' Nth Position Online Magazine, Dec.

Chan, Stephen (2007) 'Breakthrough in Kariba.' Prospect, 140.

Chan, Stephen (2007) 'In Search of British Values.' opinion-piece in Prospect, October 2007.

Chan, Stephen (2007) 'Monkey’s Biographer writes from Beijing.' Nth Position Online Magazine, Oct.

Chan, Stephen (2007) 'Fanon. The Octogenarian of International Revenge and the Suicide Bomber of Today.' Cooperation and Conflict: Journal of the Nordic International Studies Association, 42 (2). pp. 151-168.

Chan, Stephen (2007) 'Palestine Film Festival.' The Middle East in London, 4 (1).

Chan, Stephen (2007) 'Nietzsche in Harare.' Prospect, 134.

Chan, Stephen (2007) 'A new, humble Zimbabwe.' Mail and Guardian Online, 19 Apr.

Chan, Stephen (2007) 'Back to the Future – a new Zimbabwe.' Mail and Guardian Online, 12 Apr.

Chan, Stephen (2007) 'Go Hang! But is the Dictator Himself Hamstrung?' Perspective, ABC Radio Nation, 03 April.

Chan, Stephen (2007) 'Farewell Robert Mugabe.' openDemocracy, 20 Mar.

Chan, Stephen (2007) 'Back to the Future.' In: Moyo, Gugulethu and Ashurst, Mark, (eds.), The Day After Mugabe: Prospects for Change in Zimbabwe. London: Africa Research Institute.

Chan, Stephen (2007) 'The Big Question.' opinion-piece in Prospect, March 2007.

Chan, Stephen (2007) 'Bloomsbury i bombe.' Le Monde Diplomatique (Croatian edition) August 2005.

Chan, Stephen (2007) 'Canaan Banana.' In: Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. Oxford: Oxford University Press.

Chan, Stephen (2007) 'A Day in Iranian Diplomacy.' New Zealand International Review, 32 (2).

Chan, Stephen (2007) 'Foreword to Michael John Kidd 'Beyond the Breakwater'.' In: Beyond the Breakwater. Auckland: Ohlah.

Chan, Stephen (2007) Grasping Africa: A Tale of Achievement and Tragedy. London: I.B. Tauris.

Chan, Stephen (2007) 'Letters from Washington.' Nth Position Online Magazine, Nov.

Chan, Stephen (2007) 'The Negotiator’s Letter from Beijing.' Nth Position Online Magazine, Nov.

Chan, Stephen (2007) 'O Zimbabwe.' interview-article in the New Zealand Listener, 3-9 November.

Chan, Stephen (2007) 'Review of Reinhard Sander and Bernth Lindfors (eds), 'Ngugi wa Thiongo Speaks'.' African Research and Documentation (102). pp. 64-65.

Chan, Stephen (2007) 'Review of Xolela Mangcu (ed) 'The Meaning of Mandela: A Literary and Intellectual Celebration'.' African Research and Documentation (103). pp. 102-103.

Chan, Stephen (2007) 'Robert Gabriel Mugabe.' In: Darity, William A., (ed.), International Encyclopedia of the Social Sciences. Farmington Hills, MI: Macmillan Reference USA.

Chan, Stephen (2007) 'The SOAS of the Turbulent World.' In: Clay, Catrine, (ed.), SOAS: A Celebration in Many Voices. London: Third Millennium.

Chan, Stephen and Primorac, Ranka, eds. (2007) Zimbabwe in Crisis: The International Response and the Space of Silence. London: Routledge.

Chan, Stephen (2007) 'Zimbabwe watcher set for Mugabe’s end.' interview-article in the New Zealand Herald, 27 October.

Chan, Stephen (2006) 'Scramble for China.' Prospect, 126.

Chan, Stephen (2006) 'Letters to newspapers On the persecution of the Bahai in Iran.' The Times Higher, 30 May.

Chan, Stephen and Patel, Hasu (2006) 'Zimbabwe's foreign policy: A conversation.' The Round Table, 95 (384). pp. 175-190.

Chan, Stephen and Primorac, Ranka (2006) 'African Art in Paris.' The Zimbabwean, 17-23 August 2006.

Chan, Stephen (2006) 'Against the renewal of Trident.' The Guardian, 27 November 2006.

Chan, Stephen and Primorac, Ranka (2006) 'Introduction: Zimbabwe and the space of silence.' The Round Table, 95 (384). pp. 171-173.

Chan, Stephen (2006) 'Mugabe’s Last Gasp.' Prospect, 123.

Chan, Stephen and Moore, Cerwyn, eds. (2006) Theories of International Relations. Vol.1-4. London: Sage.

Chan, Stephen (2006) 'A new Colonialism? Theory and Substance and Cold War Thinking (interview).' Globe Weekly (Beijing), 29 October 2006.

Chan, Stephen (2005) 'Endgame or Gambit in Zimbabwe.' Contemporary Review, 287 (1674).

Chan, Stephen (2005) 'Review of David Harold-Barry (ed), 'Zimbabwe: The Past is the Future'.' Britain Zimbabwe Society Newsletter .

Chan, Stephen (2005) 'Zimbabwe's the Old Fox Eludes the Hunt.' The World Today, 61 (4).

Chan, Stephen (2005) 'A Commonwealth of the Margins.' Zimbabwe Independent, 18 March 2005.

Primorac, Ranka and Chan, Stephen (2005) 'Angus Shaw.' The Literary Encyclopedia.

Chan, Stephen (2005) 'Bloomsbury and the Bombs.' The Times Higher (London), 15 July 2005.

Chan, Stephen (2005) Citizen of Africa: Conversations with Morgan Tsvangirai. Avondale: Harare.

Chan, Stephen (2005) Fuori dal Male: Nuove politiche internazionali e vecchie doctrine di Guerra. Turin: Einaudi.

Chan, Stephen (2005) 'Iran and Nuclear Apartheid.' The Sunday mail (Malaysia).

Chan, Stephen (2005) 'Letter from London: Africa and the Bombs.' The Post (Lusaka) 13 July; The Zimbabwean (London), 22-28 July.

Chan, Stephen (2005) 'The Memory of Violence: trauma in the writings of Alexander Kanengoni and Yvonne Vera and the idea of unreconciled citizenship in Zimbabwe.' Third World Quarterly, 26 (2). pp. 369-382.

Chan, Stephen (2005) 'An Ornithology of Secretaries-General: The Commonwealth and its Leadership.' The Round Table: The Commonwealth Journal of International Affairs, 94 (380). pp. 325-337.

Chan, Stephen (2005) Out of Evil: New International Politics and Old Doctrines of War. London: I.B.Tauris; Ann Arbor: University of Michigan Press.

Chan, Stephen (2005) 'Review of Thandika Mkandawire (ed), 'African Intellectuals: Rethinking Politics, Language, Gender and Development'.' African Research and Documentation (99). pp. 62-63.

Chan, Stephen (2005) 'There’s too much short-term thinking in Africa (Interview).' Sunday Post (Lusaka), 10 April 2005.

Chan, Stephen (2005) 'What does Europe Want to Do with Africa?' Kathorus Mail (South Africa), June; Finn (Com) Daily Record (Falklands), 1 June.

Chan, Stephen (2005) 'Will the sun set on the Commonwealth (Interview).' Sunday Tribune (Sarawak), 6 March 2005.

Chan, Stephen and Primorac, Ranka (2005) 'Yvonne Vera: Writer and Critic of the Mugabe Regime (obituary).' The Independent (London), 15 April 2005.

Chan, Stephen (2005) 'Zimbabwe’s elections: An Objective Account.' Saturday Post (Lusaka), 16 April 2005.

Chan, Stephen (2004) 'Review of Peter Wilson, 'The International Thought of Leonard Woolf'.' The Round Table: The Commonwealth Journal of International Affairs, 93 (377).

Chan, Stephen (2004) 'Abuja and After: The Case for Change in the Commonwealth Secretariat.' The Round Table, 93 (374). pp. 239-245.

Chan, Stephen (2004) 'Evil and its Discontents: a 21st Century Bestiary.' Nth Position Online Magazine (June).

Chan, Stephen and Primorac, Ranka (2004) 'The Imagination of Land and the Reality of Seizure: Zimbabwe and Complex Reinvention.' Journal of International Affairs, 57 (2). pp. 63-80.

Chan, Stephen (2003) 'Review of Edwin G. Pulleyblank, 'Central Asia and Non-Chinese Peoples of Ancient China'.' Central Eurasian Studies Review, 2 (1). pp. 18-19.

Chan, Stephen (2003) 'A Problem for IR: How Shall We Narrate the Saga of the Bestial Man?' Global Society, 17 (4). pp. 385-413.

Chan, Stephen (2003) 'Zambia: scaling back the rot.' New Zealand International Review, 28 (2).

Chan, Stephen (2003) 'Mugabe: Right and Wrong.' African Affairs, 102 (407). pp. 343-347.

Chan, Stephen (2003) 'A New Triptych for International Relations in the 21st Century: Beyond Waltz And Beyond Lacan's Antigone, with a Note on the Falun Gong Of China.' Global Society, 17 (2). pp. 187-208.

Chan, Stephen (2003) 'The Performativity of Death: Yukio Mishima and a Fusion for International Relations.' Borderlands, 2 (2).

Chan, Stephen (2003) 'Reliving the Boxer Uprising; or, the Restricted Meaning of Civilisation.' In: Mandaville, Peter and Williams, Andrew J., (eds.), Meaning and International Relations. London: Routledge. (Routledge Advances in International Relations and Global Politics)

Chan, Stephen (2003) Robert Mugabe: A Life of Power and Violence. Ann Arbo: University of Michigan Press / I.B. Tauris.

Chan, Stephen (2003) 'Zimbabwe: Land and Starvation.' The World Today, 59 (3).

Chan, Stephen (2002) Composing Africa: Civil Society and its Discontents. Tampere, Finland: Tampere Peace Research Institute.

Chan, Stephen (2001) 'Stories of Priam and Job, the Slaughter of Their Families, and Twenty Theses on the Suggestiveness of Good for the Person of IR.' In: Chan, Stephen, Mandaville, Peter and Bleiker, R., (eds.), The Zen of International Relations. IR Theory from East to West. New York: Palgrave, pp. 99-126.

Chan, Stephen and Mandaville, Peter, eds. (2001) The Zen of International Relations. Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan.